JohnSmith

Thanks. It's definitely not just irritated skin--I feel the throbbing coming definitely from inside the head of my penis. But since there are no sores, I guess right now it doesn't make much sense that it's herpes. I'm seeing a urologist tomorrow and go from there.

Hi everyone -- first post. I don't know if I have herpes, but I was hoping I could describe my experience and see what everyone else thinks. I'm also going to see a doctor, but looking for thoughts from you all as well. About 10 days ago, I made out and received oral sex from a girl. While we didn't have intercourse, she did lie on top of me while we were both naked for a few minutes, and our genitals touched. About 7-8 days after that, I started feeling a weird sensation in the head of my penis. I wouldn't really call it "tingling," more like a dull throb/ache. On day 9, this went away almost completely. On day 10-11, it came back, though it varied over the course of the day. So, I've had it off and on for 4 days now. I have no signs of visible sores on my penis, and no symptoms whatsoever on my mouth. While looking very closely, I did notice a skin abnormality at the area where my scrotum meets my leg, but it doesn't look like herpes from what I can tell. The skin appears dry, white and a little flaky. There is also a little bit of broken skin, but there were never any bumps, blisters, scabbing, anything like that. I also had no tingling in this location. I'm terrified that the throbbing could be the result of herpes, since the incubation period would be about correct. But I don't seem to be developing sores at all. I guess my main question is, wouldn't 4 days be really long for prodrome tingling, with no blisters appearing? From what I've read, the tingling only lasts a day or two before blisters appear.